Cystitis is inflammation of the urinary tract that occurs very frequently especially in women. It is estimated that eight out of ten women suffer at least once in their lifetime. Acute cystitis is defined when there is a single episode occasional, and when there are more than three episodes within a year, it comes to chronic or recurrent cystitis.
To make the women most at risk are the shortness of the urethra of women (only 3 cm to 18 cm in front of the male urethra), a feature that eases the path of the bacteria so it reaches the bladder more easily, infecting.
The periods at greater risk for women coincide with the onset of sexual activity, pregnancy and menopause, when estrogen deficiency may considerably alter the vaginal PH.
Cystitis is a predominantly bacterial. Factors that may favor the onset are many: poor hygiene or excessive, intense sexual activity, constipation, the use of tight clothing or synthetic fabrics, the debilitation of the immune system, stress, diabetes and some contraceptive methods such as the diaphragm and spermicidal creams are among the most common causes of the onset of the disease.
Also drink a little, hold urination and lead sedentary lifestyle habits are at risk, especially in susceptible individuals.
The typical symptoms of cystitis consist of a general feeling of heaviness in the lower belly and in an urgent, ongoing need to urinate: The fact is frequent and painful urination, and consists of a few drops of urine accompanied by an intense burning sensation and pains in the lower abdomen. Often, the urine is cloudy, sometimes are found traces of blood. In the most acute cases, the infection may be accompanied by fever.
To treat cystitis using antibacterial prescribed by the doctor, to be taken orally for one or two days of risk is that the symptoms regress momentarily and then chronic.
Excellent results in order to prevent the onset of inflammation you have been following a proper and balanced diet, limiting the use of salt, sugar, sausages, sweets and spicy foods, all foods that can alter the normal acidity of the urinary tract, making them sensitive to pathogens.
You should also avoid carbonated drinks, tea, coffee and alcohol, and above all, drink plenty of water, at least 1.5 liters per day recent studies have also confirmed the beneficial power of fruits such as grapefruit, kiwi and blueberries, of great aid to the prevention of this harmless but annoying pathology.
